Martha Stewart's Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

The saga of creating delicious noms from leftover portions of previous leftover noms continues.  Once again, I had a tub of lemon curd with which I have been waiting to bake with.  When I saw this amazing recipe for Lemon Meringue Cupcakes in Martha Stewart's Cupcakes Book, I couldn't wait to give it a shot.

 

 First things first, starting simple, I made the cupcakes.

Delicious Noms of St. Louis

          After living in St. Louis for most of my life, I FINALLY had occasion to get myself to the renowned Gooey Louie's, and OMG, I was not disappointed!  It kind of seemed like whenever I drove by the store (which is A LOT) it was closed, so that contributes to my never having been there.  One day, I had the day off, was craving something sweet, and happened to notice a giant "Open" sign outside the store as I drove by.  So exciting!  I drove down the alley and parked in the back as the sign instructed.  

We Went on Vacation. 3 Months Ago.

So, this post comes a tad late, but you know how the saying goes.  For vacation this year, the BF and I went on our annual trip to our family home in gorgeous Jamestown, Rhode Island.  Due to odd timing, we were forced to visit at the very beginning of June, when RI is not at it's absolute warmest.  Although it was too cool to swim, the weather was gorgeous, and we had a great relaxing time NOT running around taking day trips to various cities.

Raspberry Lemon Mini Cheescakes in Macaroon Crust

What a happy coincidence!  I happened across this mouth-watering recipe at the exact moment in my life in which I have lemon curd to spare!  This recipe for Red and Golden Raspberry Lemon Baby Cheesecake Pies from Picky Palate looked so delicious, I just had to give it a shot. 

Lemon Curdalicious

So, after making Dorie Greenspan's Perfect Party Cake, I had about a gajillion (fine, 8) egg yolks I needed to find a use for. After debating for about 2 seconds on what I should concoct, I landed upon a promising recipe for Lemon Curd.  I know, it's not the prettiest format, and since I made this recipe I've found about 6 other recipes all using slightly varied ingredients (number of yolks, butter or no...).  All that leads me to believe that a recipe for Lemon Curd is just a general suggestion, and that you can pretty much change it up slightly with little or no recriminations.